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New York State Education Department 



MINUTES OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



NEW YORK STATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD 



HELD AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE CAPITOL, 
ALBANY, DECEMBER 4, 1909 



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MEETING OF THE STATE EXAMINATIONS 
BOARD 

The New York State Examinations Board held its 
regular annual meeting in Albany on December 4, 1909, 
Hon. Andrew S. Draper, Commissioner of Education, 
presiding. 

The following members of the board were present: 
First Assistant Commissioner, Augustus S. Downing 
Second Assistant Commissioner, Frank Rollins 
Third Assistant Commissioner, Thomas E. Finegan 
Chief of the Examinations Division, Charles F. 

Wheelock 
Professor Adam Leroy Jones representing President 

Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University 
President Rush Rhees of Rochester University 
Professor Jacob R. Street representing Chancellor 

James R. Day of Syracuse University 
President Daniel J. Quinn of Fordham University 
President John H. Finley of the College of the City of 

New York 
Associate City Superintendent, Edward L. Stevens of 

New York city 
Principal Walter B. Gunnison, Erasmus Hall High 

School, Brooklyn 
Principal Edward J. Goodwin, Packer Collegiate Insti- 
tute, Brooklyn 
Principal Frank D. Boynton, Ithaca High School 
Principal Lamont F. Hodge, Franklin Academy, 

Malone 
Principal John H. Denbigh of the Morris High School, 

New York city, representing City Superintendent 

William H. Maxwell 
Superintendent Henry P. Emerson of Buffalo 
Superintendent A. B. Blodgett of Syracuse 
Superintendent Charles E. Gorton of Yonkers 
Superintendent Richard A. Searing of North Tona- 

wanda 



The minutes of the previous meeting, held December 
12, 1908, were presented and approved. 

B}^ action of the Board of Regents, October 28, 1909, 
Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University, Princi- 
pal Edward J. Goodwin of Packer Collegiate Institute, 
Brooklyn, and Superintendent A. B. Blodgett of S3^ra- 
cuse were reappointed as members of this board for 
terms of five years each. 

The following tabulation representing the results of 
examinations in high schools and academies for the year 
1909, was presented for the consideration of the board: 



Academic examinations in schools, January and June 1909 



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elem. composition . . . 

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intermediate, N. Y. C. 

Virgil's Aeneid 

advanced, N. Y. C. . . 
prose composition . . . 

prose at sight 

poetry at sight 



26 33S: 

13 613 

10 091 
6 299 

10 487 

299 

8 284 

628' 



2-3 
3-0 
3-6 

1-3 

6.8 
1 .0 

2-3 

10 . 7 



76 036 3.2 



9 716 

9 234 

4 372 

371 



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0.8 
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15.0 

8.3 
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2 .0 
12.2 

24.8 



23 693 3.0 



4 189 

4 404J 

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258 



3-0 



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17.4 

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32.0 
36.0 

33-0 
27.9 
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27.4 



31 3 

26 . 7 

193 
20. 7 
21.3 



13.3 22.6 



13.8 

10 .9 

7.8 

II. 6 



10 786 18 1 1. 5 



1 10 

1 83 4-9 
23 21.7 



3.6^ 10 .0 

18.0 

8.7 



316 5.7 14.5 



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17 641 

9 641 
10 584 
12 776 

4 25s 

1 935 

2 275 
534 

2 910 
2 052 
I 123 

65 726 



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2.8 
1.9 
4.2 

2-5 

0.9 
2.4 

1-7 

1.8 

17.0 

15-6 

4.0 



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33-4 



24.2 
28.0 

23-5 
16.3 



254 

II. 8 
19.7 
21.7 



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12.5 
25.0 



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30-4 
30-9 

33-2 
42.4 

31 
48.2 

23 
22 .6 



31 2 

26.0 
27.1 

36-9 
36.1 



28.6 

27.2 
32.1 
31-8 
27.2 



30.1 

18.2 
19. 1 



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II. 8 

8.2 

17-3 
16 . 2 
10 .0 
20.6 
12 .0 
15-3 
31-1 
26 .0 

14.4 



20.0 

20 .0 
23.2 
17.8 
25-4 
33-5 
27-3 
38.2 

33-0 
30.6 

24-3 
24 . 1 

23 7 



17-4 

12.5 
8.3 



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23 . 2 
27-3 
25-5 
26.2 
28.3 

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26.0 

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43 



14.5 



18.9 

25.6 
39-4 
33-6 
29.4 



32. S 

31.8 
27.8 
36.2 
42 .6 



31-2 

56.4 
38.3 
47-9 



75-0 



50.0 

38.0 

34.9 
46.6 
26.9 

19-5 
22.8 
12.8 
18.3 
27.8 
14.6 
19-3 



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88.5 

84.9 

95-6 

75-3 

74 

93-0 
87.2 

85 

76.0 
84.2 
87-3 

81.4 

81. 1 
86.5 
78.6 
80.9 



82.8 

70.9 
74-3 
73-9 



45 3 73 I 



62 . 5 
91.7 



80.0 

71. 1 
74.1 
64.7 
84.2 
91. 1 
82.9 

94-7 
86.0 
82.2 
92.4 
92.3 



25 -3 32.6 77.2 



67.4 



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237 
321 


10.5 

6.2 


18.2 


22 .8 


23.2 

22 . I 


25-3 
27.4 


84.4 

77-9 


74-7 
72 .6 


grammar 


18. I 


26.2 


elem. composition . . . 


226 


9-3 


23-9 


29.6 


19.9 


17-3 


88.5 


82.7 


Xenophon's Anabasis 


315 


10.8 


22.8 


28.6 


19.4 


18.4 


88.9 


81.6 


Homer's Iliad 


188 


8-5 


37-8 


29.8 


10 . 6 


^3-3 


92 .0 


86.7 


advanced, N. Y. C... 


60 


6.7 


30.0 


3S-0 


20 .0 


8.3 


96.7 


91-7 


prose composition . . . 


149 


9-4 


255 


28.9 


18. 1 


18. 1 


89-3 


81.9 


jrose at sight 


95 


6.3 


30-5 


24.2 


21 . 1 


17.9 


92 .6 


82.1 


jiomer " 


61 


2T .3 


32.8 


27.9 


9.8 


8.2 


95-1 


91.8 




I 652 


9 3 


24.4 


27 5 


19.2 


19.6 


87.2 80.4 


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advanced arithmetic . 


I 160 


8.9 


15-4 


17.7 


23.1 


34-9 


75-3 


65.1 


elementary algebra. . 


31 639 


19 .0 


17.9 


20 . 6 


16.9 


25.6 


78.6 


74-4 


intermediate 


7 016 


139 


16.5 


159 


15-7 


38.0 


74.0 


62 .0 


advanced " 


I 177 


26.9 


18.9 


16.3 


iS-i 


22.8 


83.7 


77.2 


plane geometry 


18 562 


12 . 2 


14.9 17-7 


19-5 


35-7 


71.8 


64-3 


solid " 


2 676 


159 


20 .4 


18.3 


16.7 


28.7 


75-7 


71-3 


plane trigonometry. . 


I 541 


259 


20.8 


14. 1 


^S-2 


24.0 


82.2 


76.0 


spheric " 


629 


II . I 


15-3 


16.5 


16 .9 


40 .2 


75-0 


59-8 




64 400 


16.4 


17.0 


18.8 


17.6 


30.2 


76. 1 


69.8 


Science 


















physics 


II 092 

3 195 
10 629 


7.0 
6.7 
7.0 
6.9 


16.8 


24-3 
27.0 
29 .6 
26.3 


27-3 
26.1 


24.6 


81.9 
84.6 


75-4 
78.4 
84.7 
79-9 


chemistry 


18.6 


21.6 


biolosfv 


2 1 . 1 


27.0 
26.6 


iS-3 
20 . 1 


90 .0 
87-5 


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elem. botany 


9 284 


20 . 1 


adv. " 


473 


5-7 


14.6 


24-3 


23-9 


31-5 


83.1 68.5 


elem. zoology 


4 270 


9.9 


28.2 


29.9 


19.8 


12 . 2 


94.1 


87.8 


adv. " 


337 


0-3 


6-5 


16.3 


19.9 


57 -o 


77.2 


43 -o 


phvsiolosv 


14 236 
3 287 


4-3 
3-8 


14-5 
16.5 


27.2 
30.2 


25.2 
29-5 


28.8 


82 .2 


71.2 
80.0 


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physical geography. . 


20 .0 


89.4 




56 803 


6.3 


18.4 


27.2 


26.0 


22. 1 


85 9 


77 9 


History & social science 


















ancient, 3 hour 


5 811 


5-9 


16.3 


•23-7 


32.5 


21.6 


88.6 


78.4 


5 " 


8 882 


6.9 


16.3 


22.5 


28.7 


25.6 


82.8 


74.4 


European, 3 hour.. . . 


118 


2-5 


9-3 


16 . 2 


46.6 


25-4 


92.4 


74.6 


5 " . . . . 


255 


5-S 


7-1 


22.7 


29 .0 


35-7 


80.4 


64-3 


Great Britain, 3 hour 


5 556 


5-5 


17-5 


24-3 


30-5 


22 . 2 


84.7 


77.8 


5 " 


4 122 


4.0 


18.0 


27.1 


27-3 


23.6 


86.4 


76.4 


American & civics . . . 


8 690 


3-1 


15.6 


27-3 


31-4 


22 .6 


86.4 


77-4 


civics 


I 439 


1.6 


9.0 


16.8 


19.7 


529 


79-3 


47-1 


economics 


907 
35 780 


8-3 


26.0 


33-9 


20.3 


II-5 


99 -o 


88.5 




51 


16.3 


24,7 


29.6 


24 3 


85.6 


75-7 



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business correspon. . . 


733 


2.6 


II-3 


20.9 


20.7 


44-5 


88.5 


55-5 


arithmetic. . 


I 853 


I .2 


4-3 


9.0 


13-6 


71.9 


44-1 


28.1 


com'l geography .... 


I 963 


3-6 


10 .4 


19.6 


30.8 


35-6 


72 .0 


64.4 


" law 


867 

153 


10.3 
II. 7 


24-5 

17.7 


29.6 

23-5 


24,- 9 
17.7 


10.7 
29.4 


92 .2 
83.0 


89-3 
70.6 


history of commerce . 


stenography, ist test. 


I 570 


25-3 


27.8 


13.6 


8.8 


24.5 


89.0 


75-5 


2d test. 


809 


22 .0 


24.2 


8.9 


5-7 


39-2 


88.4 


60.8 


bookkeeping 


6 135 


12.7 


20 . I 


21.0 


21-5 


24.7 


83-9 


75-3 


adv. bookkeeping. . . . 


860 


6.8 


II. 6 


20 .2 


23.1 


38.3 


79-7 


61.7 


business practice .... 


191 


2.6 


'5-7 


32.0 


25-1 


24.6 


91. 1 


75-4 


writing 


3 302 


1-7 


15.8 


27.9 


23-4 


31.2 


91.4 


68.8 


typewriting 


I 320 


6.4 


23-5 


27 . 1 


24.0 


19.0 


91. 1 


81 .0 








19 756 


9.0 


17-4 


20.7 


20.7 


32.2 


81.7 


67.8 


Drawing 


















elementary 


20 652 


2 .2 


12 .0 


24.2 


25-9 


35-7 


75-8 


64 -3 


advanced general. . . . 


6 362 


7-7 


22 .4 


27.9 


21.7 


20.3 


87.8 


79-7 


art 


252 


1 . 2 


12.3 


13. 1 


28.6 


44.8 


86.9 


55-2 


mechanical 


528 


4-7 


18.2 


21.0 


18.2 


37-9 


77-5 


62 . 1 




27 794 


3 5 


14.4 


24.9 


24.9 


32.3 


78.7 


67.7 


Other subjects 


















psychology and prin. 


















of ed 


531 
I 080 


7-4 
6-3 


20. 7 
18.0 


36.3 
28.5 


21-5 

23-9 


14. 1 
233 


94-5 
94.8 


859 
76.7 


history & prin. of ed 


harmony & counter- 


















point 


14 


7-1 


14-3 


21 .4 


28.6 


28.6 


85-7 


71-4 


rudiments of music . . 


663 


0-5 


2 . 1 


4.8 


9.2 


83-4 


314 


16.6 


ear train. & mus. diet. 


17 


17.7 


235 


17.7 


II. 7 


29.4 


88.2 


70.6 


musical fonn & analy- 


















sis 


17 


23-5 


17.6 


17.7 


23 -5 


17.7 


94 I 


82.3 


acoustics & hist, of 


















music 


27 


3-7 


14.8 


18.5 


7-4 


55-6 


81.5 


44-4 






2 349 


51 


14. 1 


23 3 


18.9 


38.6 


76.6 


61 .4 


Total 


385 113 


6.5 


15 8 


24.9 


25 7 


27.1 


81 9 


72.9 





The following report of the committee appointed to 
consider and submit rules relative to the procedure of 
examination committees in the making of question 
papers was presented by Principal Edward J. Goodwin 
on behalf of Superintendent William H. Maxwell, chair- 
man of the committee. 

A meeting of the committee was held in the office of 
Superintendent William H. Maxwell on December i, 
1909, and the matter of rules of procedure was then care- 
fully considered, together with certain suggestions 
which had been submitted to the committee. There 
were present, Dr E. J. Goodwin, Dr Augustus S. Down- 
ing, and Superintendent William H. Maxwell. 

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 

Resolved, That in the opinion of the committee ap- 
pointed to take into consideration rules of procedure, 
each subcommittee appointed by the State Examina- 
tions Board to prepare question papers, should be asked 
to submit to that board a statement of the principles 
that governed the committee in framing the questions; 
that these statements of principles be submitted to the 
appropriate committee of the State Examinations 
Board; that from these statements of principles a set of 
rules be evolved that will govern the making of ques- 
tions in each of the subjects of examination. 

While there should be general rules, as has been pro- 
posed, it is obvious, in the opinion of your committee, 
that no general rule can govern the making of questions 
in all papers, except as follows: 

I Papers should be composed of questions of varying 
degrees of difficulty and should be given a just allotment 
of credits for answers, but they should be of such a char- 
acter that any student who is of ordinary high school 
ability, and who has been reasonably diligent in the 
performance of his work, shall be able to reach the 
passing mark. 

II Inasmuch as there is in every subject of examina- 
tion a body of knowledge — principles and facts — 
which every student ought to know and to know thor- 
oughly, it should be the duty of each examination com- 



mittee to ascertain definitely the boundaries of this body 
of knowledge, and to frame at least nine tenths of the 
questions upon each paper to test the student's knowl- 
edge of such facts and principles and his ability to reason 
from them and with regard to them. 

Your committee recommends the adoption of the 
general rules and asks to be continued so that a further 
report, if any be found feasible, may be presented at 
the next meeting of this board. 

Respectfully submitted, 
[Signed] William M. Maxwell, 

Chairman 

This report was approved by the board. 

Principal Gunnison, as chairman of the committee 
appointed at the previous meeting to make specific 
recommendations for the shortening of the examina- 
tions in Latin and Greek, submitted the following amend- 
ment to the report presented'at the meeting of December 
1908: 

Resolved, That the report of the committee be 
amended by changing the paragraph relating 
to second year Latin so that it shall read, 
" Caesar, including sight translation, grammar 
and elementary composition, 3 hours " and that 
the paragraph relating to third year Greek be 
amended so that it shall read, " Anabasis, in- 
cluding sight translation, grammar and compo- 
sition, 3 hours." 

Superintendent Emerson offered an amendment to 
Principal Gunnison's amendment to the effect that 
we recommend that examinations in sight prose and 
sight poetry still be prepared and offered for those 
who have occasion to use them. By general 
consent this amendment was included in that 
proposed by Principal Gunnison, and the amend- 
ment as revised was also adopted so that the amended 
report stood as follows: 



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Latin 

ist year, First year Latin, 3 hours 

d year, Caesar (including sight translation, grammar 
and elementar}^ composition), 3 hours 
3d year, Cicero (including sight translation, grammar 

and composition'), 3 hours 
.4th year, Virgil (including sight) , 2 J hours 
Advanced composition, i hour 

Greek 

2d year. First year Greek, 3 hours 

3d "year. Anabasis (including sight translation, grammar 

and composition), 3 hours 
4th year, Homer (including sight translation), 2^ hours 
Advanced composition, i hour 

Latin and Greek 

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Examinations still to be offered in sight prose and 

sight poetry for those who have occasion to use them. 

On motion this report was adopted. 

On motion of President Rhees, the Commissioner of 
Education appointed the following committee to name 
subcommittees to prepare question papers for the year 
1910: 

President Rush Rhees 
Principal John H. Denbigh 
Superintendent Henry P. Emerson 
Principal Edward J. Goodwin 

First Assistant Commissioner, Augustus S. Downing 
Second Assistant Commissioner, Frank Rollins 
Chief of the Examinations Division, Charles F. Whee- 
lock 



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This committee presented the following report, which 
was adopted: 

English 

Gilbert S. Blakely, First Assistant in English, Morris 
High School, New York city 
Dartmouth, B.A., M.A.; Harvard, M.A. 

Edward Everett Hale jr. Professor of the English 
Language and Literature, Union University 
Harvard. B.A.; The University of Halle, Ph.D. 

Emogene S. Simons, Examiner in English, State 

Education Department 
Cornell, B.A. 

Latin 

Hiram H. Bice, First Assistant in Latin and Greek, 
DeWitt Clinton High School, New York city 
Johns Hopkins, B.A.; Hamilton, M.A. 

Nelson Glenn McCrea, Professor of Latin, Columbia 

Universitv 
Columbia, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 

Vera Thompson, Examiner in Latin, State Education 

Department 
Cornell, Ph.B. 

Greek 

Ernest L. Meritt, Principal of High School, Gloversville 
Wesleyan University, B.A.; Yale, M.A. 

Professor George P. Bristol, Professor of Greek, Cornell 
University 
Hamilton, B.A., M.A. Graduate student in Johns Hop- 
kins, Heidelberg and Leipzig 
Horace L. Field, Examiner, State Education Depart- 
ment 
Cornell, B.A.; Columbia, M.A. 

Hebrew 

Max Radin, Newtown High School, New York city 
College of the City of New York, B.A. ; New York Univer- 
sity, LL.B.; Columbia University, Ph.D. 



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Charles P. Fagnani, Associate Professor of the Old 
Testament Language^ and Literature, Union 
Theological Seminary 
College of the City of New York, B.A., B.S.; Columbia, 
LL.B.; Western Reserve, D.D. 

Loring W. Batten, Professor of Old Testament Litera- 
ture and Interpretation, General Theological 

Seminary 
Harvard, B.A. ; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.; Hobart, 
S.T.D. 

German 

Helen M. Knox, Head of German Department, Ithaca 

High School 
Cornell, B.A.; University of Berlin, special course 

Hermann C. G. Brandt, Professor of German, Hamilton 

College 
Hamilton, B.A., Ph.D. ; Colgate, L.H.D. 

JuHa T. Ast, Examiner, State Education Department 
Albany State Normal College, Pd.B., Pd.M. 

French 

Elwin A. Ladd, Principal of High School, Bat a via 
Cornell, Ph.B. 

Charles A. Downer, Professor of Romance Languages, 
College of the City of New York 
College of the City of New York, B.A. ; Columbia University, 
Ph.D. 

Agnes O. Carson, Teacher of French, Cortland Normal 
School 
Student, three years. University of Berlin ; student in Paris 
three years, Diplomee Alliance Frangaise 

Spanish 

Earl S. Harrison, Instructor in Spanish, Commercial 

High School, Brooklyn 
University of Toronto, B.A. 



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Clarence K. Moore, Professor of the Romance Lan- 
guages, University of Rochester 
Harvard, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 

Alice A. De Graff, Examiner, State Education Depart- 
ment 

Italian 

Harry A. Potter, Department of German, Girls High 
School, Brooklyn 
Harvard B.A.; University of Leipzig, one year; University 
of Rome, one year; The Sorbonne, one year; University 
of Madrid, one year 

Everett Ward Olmsted, Professor of the Romance 

Languages and Literature, Cornell University 
Cornell, Ph.B., Ph.D. 

Annie T. Keyser, State Education Department 
Vassar, one year, Cornell, two years 

History and economics 

William. Fairley, First Assistant in History, Com- 
mercial High School, Brooklyn 
Amherst, B.A., M.A.; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. 

Frederic C. Foster, Professor of History and acting 
Professor of Political Science, St Lawrence Uni- 
versity 
Wabash College, B.A., M.A. 

Eugene W. Lyttle, State Inspector of Schools, State 

Education Department 
Hamilton, B.A., Ph.D. 

Mathematics 

Arthur M. Sciipture, Principal of High School, New 
Hartford 
Hamilton, B.A., M.A. 

Thomas S. Fiske, Professor of- Mathematics, Columbia 

University 
Columbia, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 



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Ida M. Barton, Examiner in Mathematics, State Edu- 
cation Department 
Wilson College, B.A., M.A. ' 

Physics 

George M. Turner, Head of Science Department, 
Hasten Park High School, Buffalo 
Amherst, B.S. 

John S. Shearer, Professor of Physics, Cornell Uni- 
versity 
, Cornell, B.S., Ph.D. 

Everett O'Neill, Senior Examiner in Science, State 
Education Department 
Cornell, Ph.B. 

Chemistry 

Robert W. Fuller, First Assistant in Physics and 
Chemistry, Stuyvesant High School, New York 
city 
Harvard, B.A., M.A. 

Charles Baskerville, Professor of Chemistry, College 
of the City of New York 
University of North Carolina, B.S., Ph.D. 
Charles N. Cobb, State Inspector of Schools, Educa- 
tion Department 
Syracuse, B.A., M.A. 

Biology 

Arthur E. Hunt, First Assistant in Biology, Manual 
Training High School, Brooklyn 
Syracuse, Ph.B. 

William D. Merrell, Assistant Professor of Biology, 
University of Rochester 
Rochester, B.A. ; University of Chicago, Ph.D. 
Arthur G. Clement, State Inspector of Schools, Edu- 
cation Department 
Rochester, B.A. 



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Physical geography 

Edward P. Smith, Principal of High School, North 

Tonawanda 
Rochester, B.A. 
Thomas C. Hopkins, Professor of Geology, Syracuse 

University 
DePauw University, B.S., M.S.; Leland Stanford Jr Univer- 
sity, M.A.; Chicago University, Ph.D. 
Charles T. McFarlane, Principal of State Normal 
School, Brockport 
Michigan State Normal School, Pd.M.; New York State 
Normal College, Pd.D. 

Commercial subjects 

William E. Weafer, Principal of Commercial Depart- 
ment, Central High School, Buffalo 
Henry H. Denham, Principal of Technical High 

School, Syracuse 
Michigan, B.S. ; Cornell, graduate student, two years 
Frederick G. Nichols, State Education Department 

Drawing 

Harold H. Brown, Stuyvesant High School, New 

York city 

Student, one year, Lowell School of Design, Boston ; diploma, 

four years, Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston; 

student, two years, ficole des Beaux Arts, Paris 

Frank von der Lancken, superintendent, Department 

of Applied and Fine Arts, Mechanics Institute, 

Rochester 
Pratt Institute, Art Students League, Juhan Academy of 
Paris and Academy Carboroni of Paris 
Royal Bailey Farnum, State Education Department 
Graduate, Massachusetts Normal Art School 

Music 

Edwin S. Tracy, Morris High School, New York city 
Hollis E. Dann, Professor of Music, Cornell University 

Alfred University, Mus.D. 
Julia E. Crane, State Normal School, Potsdam 

Graduate State Normal School, Potsdam 



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For college graduate professional certificate 

Psychology, history of education, principles of education 
and methods of teaching 

Jacob R. Street, Dean of Teachers College, Syracuse 
Universit}^ 
Victoria University, B.A.; Toronto University, M.A. ; 
Clark University, Ph.D. 

Thomas M. Balliet, Dean of New York University, 
New York city 
Franklin and Marshall, Ph.D. 

Charles P. Alvord, Principal of Buffalo Training 
School for Teachers 



Preacademic 

English, history and spelling 

Erie L. Ackley, Principal of High School, Richfield 

Springs 
Syracuse University, Ph.B.,'Ph.M., Pd.B. 

John D. Wilson, Principal of Putnam School, Syracuse 
Mae E. Schreiber, State Education Department 

Arithmetic and geography 

Seward S. Travis, Principal of High School, Greenport 

Columbus N. Millard, Supervisor of Grammar Grades, 
Buffalo Public Schools 

Jeremiah M. Thompson, Principal State Normal 
School, Potsdam 
Colgate, Ph.B.; State Normal College, Pd.D. 

The following resolution presented by Principal 
Goodwin, was adopted by a vote of 9 to 6 

Resolved, That this Department discontinue 
the issuance of first 3^ear question papers in 



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English, Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian 
and Spanish. 

Upon motion to reconsider the adoption of the above 
resolution, it was agreed, by general consent, that the 
resolution should not stand as the sense of this board. 

The following resolution was presented by Superin- 
tendent Boynton: 

Resolved, That the ratings of the schools be 
accepted in first year English, Latin, Greek, 
French, German, Spanish, Italian, algebra, 
physiology, biology, elementary botany, elemen- 
tary zoology, and in second year English, 
excepting where the law requires a rereading, 
and that all of these ratings be put upon the 
records of the State Education Department. 

On motion of Professor Street, a committee of five 
was appointed to consider the above resolution and 
offer a report upon the same subsequent to the midda}^ 
recess. In accordance with this resolution the Commis- 
sioner of Education appointed a- committee consisting 

of 

Professor Jacob R. Street 
Principal Edward J. Goodwin 
Principal Frank D. Boynton 
Professor Adam Leroy Jones 
President Daniel J. Quinn 

who, after deliberation, submitted the following report: 

Your committee on the question of accepting teachers' 
ratings in lieu of ratings made by examiners of the 
Department beg leave to report as follows: 

We recommend, subject to the discretion of the Com- 
missioner of Education, that the school ratings for the 
following subjects become and be the ratings of the 



State Education Department: first and second year 
English, first year Latin, first year Greek, elementary 
botany, elementary zoology, physiology, first year 
French, first year German, first year Spanish, first year 
Italian, and first year Hebrew. 

On motion, this report was unanimously adopted. 

Superintendent Stevens, on behalf of the committee 

appointed to consider the advisability of selecting cer- 

■ tain texts for intensive study in the modern foreign 

languages, submitted the following resolution, which 

was unanimously adopted : 

Resolved, That it is the sense of the New York 
State Examinations Board that in modern 
foreign languages, the syllabus should give 
emphasis to the importance of the speaking 
knowledge and use of the languages; that ex- 
aminations set should encourage original written 
and oral composition, facility in the translation 
of newspaper literature and of modem plays, 
and sight reading of passages taken from texts 
slightly less difficult than those listed in the 
syllabus. 

President Finley presented the following resolution : 

Resolved, That questions in the third year 
English paper should not be such as to require 
the review or rereading by the pupils of all 
the texts of the three years; that to this end 
the tests in composition should be set upon sub- 
jects other than those within the scope of the 
prescribed reading. 

That the certificate of the teacher shall be 
accepted as to the reading done by the students. 

On motion of President Finley, seconded by Principal 
Denbigh, this resolution was referred to a committee 



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of three, to be appointed by the Commissioner, to report 
at the next meeting. 

The following named committee was appointed: 
President John H. Finley 
Superintendent Richard A. Searing 
Principal F. D. Boynton 

On motion of Principal Denbigh, it was unanimously 
voted that the Commissioner be asked to appoint a com- 
mittee of three or five persons to consider whether there 
are any available means to encourage the teaching of 
modern languages in such a manner as to insure their 
use as spoken languages. 

The following named committee was appointed: 

Superintendent Edward L. Stevens 

President Daniel J. Quinn 

Dr Charies F. Wheelock 

On motion it was voted that the committee appointed 
to report on the teaching of modern foreign languages 
be requested to report also on the advisability of accept- 
ing, in lieu of part of the examination, the certificates 
of teachers stating that students have exhibited pro- 
ficiency in conversation and in the use of current forms 
of speech and correspondence in modern foreign lan- 
guages. 

The following named committee on final revision was 
appointed by the Commissioner: 

First Assistant Commissioner, Augustus S. Downing 
Second Assistant Commissioner, Frank RoUins 
Third Assistant Commissioner, Thomas E. Finegan 
Chief of the Examinations Division, Charles F. Whee- 
lock 
Associate City Superintendent, Edward L. Stevens 



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President Daniel J. Quinn 
President John H. Finley 

On motion of Dr Downing , it was voted to recommend 
that candidates for the music diploma be permitted to 
offer three years in one foreign language in lieu of two 
years in one language and one year in another. 

On motion of Superintendent Stevens it was voted to 
recommend that a committee of three be appointed to 
consider the advisability of accepting certified notebooks 
in lieu of part of the examination in drawing and history 
and English. 

Committee appointed : 

Principal F. D. Boynton 

Superintendent Henry P. Emerson 

Principal Edward J. Goodwin 

On motion of Professor Street, it was 

Voted, That the committee appointed to con- 
sider resolutions relative to examinations in 
English should also report on the advisability 
of making the vState examinations increasingly 
a test of power rather than a test of knowledge 
limited to a specified field. 

The meeting adjourned. 




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